Detail: During the UK Year of India in 2017, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery hosts touring exhibition India’s Gateway: Gujarat, Mumbai & Britain. India’s Gateway is a temporary exhibition with family friendly activities that traces the history of Gujarat and Mumbai as age-old centres of trade and migration, focusing on their remarkable links with Britain.

Featuring photographs by Tim Smith and an installation by Indian film–makers Amit Madheshiya and Shirley Abraham, the exhibition weaves history together with words and images to explore the lives and experiences of Gujarati communities today.